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s - THE
Perquimans Weekly
Published evtry Friday by The
Perquimans Weekly, a partner
ship consisting of Joseph G.
Campbell and Max R. Campbell,
at Hertford,' N. C.
MAX CAMPBELL Editor
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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
LOVE OR HATE, THEY RE
TURN TO US: Blessings are upon
the head of the just; but violence
covereth the head of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:6.
It Seems
The political pot will soon be sim
mering throughout Perquimans, sev
eral gubernatorial candidates have
visited Hertford during the past
week, and two of them have an
nounced their campaign managers
for the county. It'B very likely that
the other five candidates will soon
follow suit and find some one to do
their banner waving for them until
primary time.
Local politics item to be on the
upgrade, too, maybe it is the spring
weather that's warming up the situa
tion but most any time you walk
down the street now you can find a
little group here and there and the
chief topic of conversation ... it
seems, is politics.
Don't Forget
To Register
That is a very important title for
this article.
It is important to every eligible
voter residing in Perquimans County.
It ijs important that every voter keep
it in mind until he or she has offi
cially registered for the coming
election.
Appearing elsewhere in this issue
is an announcement from the Per
quimans Board of Elections giving
notice that in compliance with a law
passed by the 1939 General Assem
bly there will be' a new registration
of voters in this County.
It is highly important that every
person who is eligible and who ex
pects to vote should be sure to reg
ister. Failure to do so means for
feiture of the right to participate
in the Primary to be held May 25.
The fact that one's name is al
ready listed on the books does not
excuse him or her from this new
registration. This act calls for every
person to register again.
The Weekly hopes that every per
son will bear this in mind and re
member to place his or her name on
the new registration books.
International
Democracy
There is reason for gratitude in
every sign that the world is begin
ning to awake to the necessity of
striving for democracy between as
well as within nations. In a recent
article in the, Nation, Thomas Mann
puts forth a most arresting defini
tion of democracy which has applica
tion to the international as well as
to the national scene. "Democracy,
he writes, "is a legal relationship
between liberty and equality, between !
the claims of the individual and so
ciety, a relationship which is liable!
and must be constantly reconstitut
ed." !
In the present century such a re
constitution has been gradually . go
ing on, as democratic, concept have
been advancing from the older ideals
of a laissez-faire individualism. But
until recently too few people have
realized that there is no more room
within the world community for the
sort of unbridled "individualism"
which is simply a cloak for predatory
selfishness and is the precursor of
anarchy.
j Mr. Mann, surveying the situation
!ody. fee's hopeful that statesmen
and ordinary citizens will learn froin
th nresent state of anarchy the
li'pecesaity of establishing democracy
between nations.
Tne voice or this distinguished
German, speaking on behalf of a
,V democracy wide enough to include
, nations as well as individuals, is one
of th Aopelul signs of the times.
. Exile though he is, Mr. Mann speaks
, jot hs Germany which must eventu
, ".Sally rise from the ruins of National
" '' Socialism to take its part in a new
'-f'" "dei4-tht order, which it bouad,
' ; sooner or later, to come to a world
." tumble to find satisfaction in a lib-
1 erty .that denies equality or in an
equality imposed at the expense of
WHISTLING
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Chewing The Rag
With Lucius Blanchard, Jr.
Candidate For Governor J. M.
Broughton was in town for awhile
Wednesday morning. He met a Lot
of Other Candidates and a Lot of
Plain Voters.
Mr. Broughton has made the first
direct campaign promise to Perquim
ans County. Informed by one of our
candidates for representatives that
it is understood here that this coun
ty's seat in The House is behind a
large pillar, Mr. Broughton said,
"As Governor, I'll have it removed.
That's a promise."
A goodly group including three
local candidates and two newspaper
people were the first to gather
around Mr. Broughton in frontof
the courthouse.
"A few more and we could have
some campaign speeches," he said.
"Ten people make an audience any
time, for a candidate, anyway."
Mrs. Broughton was visiting
around at Mrs. K. R. Newbold's
while her husband hobnobbed with
the voters down town. They were
retaining to Raleigh from Elizabeth
City, where Mr. Broughton spoke
Tuesday night before the Kiwanis
Club.
And, by the way, Mr. Broughton
is a candidate who isn't running for
office . . . he's flying.
He spoke at Banbury in the north
west at noon Tuesday. He boarded
a plane at Guilford, made the 125
mile hop to Rocky Mount, and mo
tored on to Elizabeth City in time
to speak at 6:30.
The flight turned out to be fodder
for his campaign guns in the Pas
quotank metropolis where the men
tion of an East-West air mail route
across North Carolina is ample ex
cuse for hurrahs and hallelujahs.
The proposed air line would make
Norfolk, Elizabeth City, Rocky
Mount, Raleigh, Greensboro, Wins
ton-Salem, Asheville, and Knoxville,
Tenn., as close a double first cousins.
liberty.
In such a world, no nation, even
those which, like the United States,
now consider themselves aloof, will
be able to ignore the social respon
sibilities which will rest on it. For
nations as for their citizens, individ
ual liberty is the first word in the
ual liberty is the first word in the
last. Christian Science Monitor.
SO WHAT?
By WHATSO
IT LOOKS LIKE A SLOW START
but just the same our High School
Essay Contest is not as slow as it
looks from here. February brought
in two very good papers. The writer
of one was eligible because he did
not attend the ' Perquimans' Hi'gii
School. The second article was real
ly very good. The content was in
teresting and the style was good.
It consisted, however, of an evalua
tion of the work of one of our school
officials. That class of subject
must be taboo. In this particular in
stance we would have been glad to
have printed the essay. But pretty
soon another article, just as well and
just as honestly written, might have
come along with sharp criticism of
some teacher or official of the school
system. And then the fireworks!
We wish the young lady who wrote
the last mentioned article would send
us something along a different line
in the near future.
March brought more essays and
one was selected for this issue.
There was one thing the matter it
was In long vhandl Whatso '-cant
read very well and he was afraid the
typesetter might, hae t trouble too!
Accordingly, the' paper: was returned
to the writer .with the suggestion
that it be typewritten. The . letter
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. HEBTFOkD, N.
IN THE DA R K
Ti
Still speaking of politics, while
nearly everybody is speaking of
politics, 'tis said by Some of Those
on "the inside" that the best path
Perquimans County can follow in the
coming primary is the one that leads
to the support of the three outstand
ing candidates for Governor; namely,
Horton, Broughton and Maxwell.
Perhaps it is a good plan . . .
even the boys closest to the Center of
Things don't know which way to
jump. So they aren't jumping, at
least not until the visibility is bet
ter. That is, perhaps a good plan if
the county doesn't shape up too sol
idly behind any one of the candi
dates. But much more important to
the people who pay taxes, name theii
governors, and then some time want
something done in return, is the
matter of getting out the vote.
And this year, getting the voters
to the polls is going to be one of the
toughest jobs in quite a spell.
Many Voters will get to the polls
only to find that they can't vote . . .
because they failed to register.
It's a fact, Voters, and one we'l'
keep harping on from now until the
primary; if you don't register, you
can't vote. Don't say, "I registered
thirty years ago" and let it drop at
that. This is a new registration.
It will look like a pretty small
county to the Boys in Raleigh if the
new registration winds up on May
11th with only half the eligible vot
ers registered.
Let's keep the date in mind ... .
May 11th.
And since this somehow started
in politics, let's go whole hog, and
end it all the., same way, by recog
nizing the prize crack of the week.
"With so many candidates in the
swim this year," the jokster quipped,
"why not pin a button on each one,"
The button would read, "DOINT
SOLICIT MY VOTE. I'M RUN
NING FOR THE SAME OFFICE."
follows:
A TRIP TO THE OIL MILL
(By Jack Wesley Mimns)
On Thursday, March 7, 1940, our
Geography class, under the supervis
ion of Mrs. Barbee, went to the
Southern Oil Mill to find out the
work that is carried on in this mill.
Mr. R. S. Monds showed us around
the mill and told us the different
processes that each machine carried
on.
First. The cotton-seed was clean
ed and the lint was removed.
Second. The hulls were taken off
the meat of the seed.
Third. The seeds were crushed
and cooked. Mats of human hair
were .rapped around the crushed
meatrand then the oil was pressed
from the seed.
Fourth. The mats were taken off
and? th$ oil cake'"was groumd UP or
farfiliafer' anff ; feed fdrj Jfre aidck
which is sold under the trade name
of SCO-CO.
After explaining the work, Mr.
Monds told us that the oil pressed
from the cotton seed, is sent to
Bayonne, New Jersey, where it is
used in the making of margarine
and other vegetable oils. .
When re returned, our class began
to wonder why Hertford didn't have a
margarine factory. We knew .that
Hertford had the raw material,1 the
transportation facilities such as
highways, water and rail, and Hert
ford could surely get the labor. We
decided that the main factors that
prevented the construction of a. fac
tory was the lack of capital and the
lack of enthusiasm. ;
Speaking of enthusiasm, t think
the Southern Oil Mill and the -civic
clubs should get a "backer" interest
ed in constructing a, margarine fac
tory in Hertford. It ean.be done
with the aid of the entire, commun
ityv o come on, everybody, .let's
boost Hertford and make it a city of
C, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940
which we can be proud.
TO THE GENTLEMEN WHO
CHEW THE RAG: Greeting and
apologies! It was no little insult to
you to be held responsible for the
output of this colmun; In fact for
mjyfch of it I am' not responsible
myself! Generally speaking, the
ideas scattered around here are
picked up on the corners of Hert
ford, collected and handed on for
what they are worthy Some of them
are not worth much. Others repre
sent public opinion rather widely held
and are quite worth the consideration
of those concerned. At any rate,
my friends of. the Rag Chewing,
Column, I am sorry if you 'have'
been confounded with one so un"
worthy as your obedient servant
Whatso.
RHODE ISLAND AND KANSAS
CITY win the 1939 nation-wide Traf
fic Safety Contest. The State of
Rhode Island hung up the amazing
record of only four traffic deaths
per one million vehicle miles, while
Kansas City showed what care can
do by reducing its traffic fatalities
by fifty-three percent. Our own
State does not come in for any blue
ribbons. Still, we have good roads;
so far as I am able to observe, we
have intelligent traffic officers de
voted to their duty. It appears to
me that the answer must bo found
in the character of our drivers. Can
it be that we do not care what we
do with our cars? That we are in
different to the dangers of the road?
I hate to think that this is so. How
ever, you can watch the driving on
our main street most any day and
see men and women laying death
traps for the careless drivers in
cluding themselves. For instance, no
good driver darts out from a park
ed position without first looking 'in
his glass to see what is approaching
from the rear. No driver who is
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In Season's New Tans, Greens,
Greys, Teal Blue
$1.50 to $5.00
National Hats
$Z00 to $3.00
Mallory Hats
$4.00 to $5.00
NEW SUITS
NEW SHOES
NEW SHIRTS
AT
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lofi'tReaThisUfilessyouareThrifty
We are running 6ur Lucky Buys promotion this week-end and
through next week. Our circular is chock l&ll of excellent values; '
ToVwere mailedone, read aM-make your list and comm and
buy all you need of the items listed.
In addition to these values Frog "White is offering specials in
Groceries and Hardware. Mrs. Perry and Mrs. White are offer-'
ing reduced prices on Sprin&Coats and Dresses. Loui3 Nachmari ;
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; 79c value for 49c. ' . iKf'pS
, We are looking forward to serving you and feel sure that you ;
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QUALITY MERCHANDISE 'ife , BIGHT PRICES , '
thoughtful of the rights and safety
of others , parks,; even for s momenj,
in ! the middle of the street. No "driv
er who )ias a right moral right to
drive a car whirls his machine in a
NATIONAL ECONOMY PORK SALE!
A PRODUCER - CONSUMER CAMPAIGN
SMALL, LEAN SMOKED
PICNICS - 1 3c
Country Smoked Sausage, lb .21c
Fat Backs, lb. iyzc Rib Meat, lb. 8 l-3c
Butter Sgit. 34c
Pure Lard Bik 3 ibs. 20c
Honey Nut oleo 2 ibs. 19c
Tomatoes j 3 M7c
Cheese American, lb.
19c
Salmon kka 2 .11 27c
Dog Food S 4 15c
Fruit entail "ffggff lQc
HuriHs tomato Soup2..2 large cans 15c
Colonial Sour Pitted Cherries, No. 2 can 10c
Pender's Asst. Layer Cakes. . 1 lb. size 19c
LipWs Finest Tea y4 lb. pkg. 23c
ANGLO CORNED
Beef .2 cans 35d
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HEY KIDS! LETS PLAY MARBLES!
100 GENUINE "MARBLE KING"
MARBLES for 10c and
FIVE WRAPPERS FROM
Triple-Fresh
FREE While They Last!
A BAG OF 10 MARBLES WITH TWO WRAPPERS OF
OUR PRIDE BREAD GET YOURS TODAiYI
TO FARMERS:
YOUR FRESH EGGS REDEEMED IN
GROCERIES OR CASH
U turn at one ot the main-. street
intersections. .Yet laJU these things
you can see of a day on our own
main street. No one has been hurt
yet? .Perhaps not. : Someone wiD be.
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WHITE HOUSE APPLE
Jelly. .3 12 oz. jars 25c
pSde Bread
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